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Release of Boilerplate Mercury Capsule Sequence
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Release of Boilerplate Mercury Capsule Sequence

NASA / LRC · 1958-12-16 · photograph (digital archive)

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Photographed on: 12 16 58. -- L58-1083a caption: Sequenced pictures showing events from release of boilerplate Mercury capsule from C-130 airplane to opening of recovery parachute, December 1958. Photograph published in A New Dimension Wallops Island Flight Test Range: The First Fifteen Years by Joseph Shortal. A NASA publication, page 644.

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NASALangleyLRCLARC1958-L-01082Mercury ProjectDrop TestsC-130LRC-1958-B701_P-01082
Credit lineRelease of Boilerplate Mercury Capsule Sequence. NASA/LRC, 1958-12-16. Public domain. ID: LRC-1958-B701_P-01082.
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